The Physics News website phys.org has highlighted work by three applied math researchers: PhD student Robert Jonsson, Research Assistant Professor Eduardo Martín-Martínez, and Professor Achim Kempf.
Applied math undergraduate Shouzhen Gu, along with teammates Shun Da Suo and Wuhan Zhou in the BBA/BCS program, have won a silver medal in the 2014 University Physics Competition for their contribution on circumbinary planets. The competition attracted contributions from 131 teams, and awarded 2 gold and 23 silver medals.
The following Applied Mathematics students who were awarded scholarships for 2014-2015 were honoured at the Annual Faculty of Mathematics Banquet:
Applied Mathematics Master's student, Tawsif Khan, won the Faculty of Mathematics 3-minute thesis heat held on March 3, 2015, with his talk titled "Optimal Sensor Location".
Researchers from Applied Math, along with colleagues at the Harvard Medical School, have found a new approach for attacking drug resistant cancer cells.
The Waterloo International Genetically Engineered Machine competition (iGEM) team recently won Gold Standing and Best Model at the 2014 iGEM Giant Jamboree.
Eduardo Martin-Martinez, a research assistant professor in Applied Mathematics and the Institute for Quantum Computing, has won the Polanyi Prize for physics for his research on gravity and quantum theory. Polyani prizes are awarded annually to five early career researchers in Ontario in the areas of chemistry, economic science, literature, physics and physiology/medicine.
Thirteen graduate degrees in Applied Mathematics were awarded at the Fall 2014 convocation:
Martin Wainwright, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley who obtained a BMath in Applied Mathematics from Waterloo, has won the 2014 COPSS Presidents' Award from the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies.
Several members of the Applied Math department will be featured on a website celebrating Ontario women mathematicians.